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Amazon, Alphabet Targeted as Oklahoma Joins Anti-DEI Investor Ranks

Oklahoma is poised to become the first Republican state to try to use its influence as an investor to end DEI in corporate America, targeting companies including Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. in shareholder proxy proposals. Using an increasingly popular …

Amazon Is Halting Some of Its Diversity and Inclusion Programs

Amazon.com Inc. is halting some of its diversity and inclusion programs, a move that coincides with activist pressure on US companies to abandon efforts to build a more diverse workforce. In a memo to employees, Candi Castleberry, a senior human …

Amazon Agrees to Worker Safety Measures to Settle OSHA Probe

Amazon.com will implement safety measures at all of its U.S. facilities to settle a federal agency’s claims that it failed to prevent workers from developing back problems and other ergonomic injuries, the agency said on Thursday. Amazon settled a series …

Amazon Faces Possible Strikes as Christmas Looms

Pressure is building on Amazon.com to come to the bargaining table with the Teamsters union as thousands of workers threaten to strike during the retailer’s busy holiday selling season. Workers in New York City, southern California and Skokie, Illinois, voted …

Amazon Ignored Its Own Worker Safety Studies, Senate Report Says

Amazon.com Inc. leaders rejected internal recommendations that the company relax warehouse worker productivity rates to curb injuries, according to a report from a congressional committee. Released Monday by the majority staff for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and …

Amazon Cites Safety for Slower Deliveries to 2 DC Low Income ZIP Codes

The District of Columbia has sued Amazon, alleging the company secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents of two predominantly Black neighborhoods while still charging millions of dollars for a membership that promises the benefit. The complaint filed …

Amazon, SpaceX to Test US Labor Board’s Powers at Conservative Appeals Court

A U.S. labor board whose enforcement powers are being challenged in a series of lawsuits is set to defend itself from attacks by Amazon.com and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in a conservative U.S. appeals court, as the agency also braces for …

Amazon Hit With US Labor Board Complaint Over ‘Joint Employment’ of Drivers

Amazon.com has been accused by a U.S. labor board of illegally refusing to bargain with a union representing drivers employed by a contractor, the agency announced on Wednesday. The complaint from the National Labor Relations Board claims that Amazon is …

American Eagle Outfitters Sues Amazon for Infringing ‘Aerie’ Trademarks

American Eagle Outfitters sued Amazon.com on Wednesday, accusing it of intentionally infringing the clothing and accessories retailer’s “Aerie” and “Offline by Aerie” trademarks by directing customers to knock-off merchandise. In a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, American Eagle said …

Amazon Drivers Join Teamsters in New York, Union Says

Hundreds of delivery drivers for e-commerce giant Amazon.com have joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, seeking improved wages, working conditions and safety standards, the labor union said on Monday. Workers across three Delivery Service Partners (DSP) in Queens, New York …